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Contemporary
Theory Workbook - Book 1
The
Contemporary Theory Workbooks are recommended reference material
for the AMEB's Contemporary Popular Syllabus
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enlarged version
PART A
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INTERVALS:
Prime, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th |
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CLEFS:
Note naming in Treble, Bass and C Clef (Alto and Tenor Clefs)
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BASIC
NOTATIONAL ELEMENTS:
Staff, Bar Lines, Leger Lines, Accidentals etc.
TIME
ELEMENTS:
Note Values and their matching rests.
Dotted Notes and their matching rests.
Time Signatures |
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SCALE
CONSTRUCTION:
Tone and Semitones; the Major Scale Pattern; Key Signature.
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PART
B
INTERVALS:
6th, 7th and 8th; Harmonic and Melodic Intervals
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CLEFS:
Treble, Bass and C Clef (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano and Baritone
Clefs) |
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TIME
ELEMENTS:
16th notes and rests, Simple Time
SCALE
CONSTRUCTION:
All Major Scales; Key Signature Patterns; Cycle of Fifths;
Chromatic Scales
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CHORD
CONSTRUCTION:
Major and Minor 3rds; Major, Minor, Diminished Augmented
and Suspended 4th
Triads in Root Position and Inversions |
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GENERAL:
Degree Numbers and Names; Musical Terms, Signs and Symbols;
Repeat Signs. |
Books
One and Two
A practical and commonsense approach to music theory covering
all the basics right through to the modes and higher grade
information.
The
page per lesson format encourages the student to move forward
at a page a week pace or faster. (Answers included)
'Each
subject is covered in such a way as to flood the student's
mind with light. Sprinkled throughout are topics never covered
except in encyclopaedias, refreshingly and clearly explained
in easily understood statements displaying breadth and clarity.
They are simply a must for every student and teacher's library.'
-Neville
Thomas O.A.M., Lecturer in Woodwind Studies, Sydney Conservatorium
of Music
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